The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
RACEMES
Noun
racemes
plural of raceme
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• amerces
Source: Wiktionary
RACEME
Ra*ceme", n. Etym: [L. racemus a bunch of berries, a cluster of grapes. See Raisin.] (Bot.)
Definition: A flower cluster with an elongated axis and many one-flowered lateral pedicels, as in the currant and chokecherry. Compound raceme, one having the lower pedicels developed into secondary racemes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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